Bone fracture

Spondylolisthesis is a spinal injury/condition occurring in one bone, a vertebra. The condition occurs when one of the vertebra slips forward. This causes the vertebra to be out of place, and can occur anywhere on the spine. It is most commonly found in the lower, or lumbar part of the back. Spondylolisthesis is commonly found in adults rather than children because of the wear and tear on adults bodies. There are 2 main types of spondylolisthesis, degenerative and spondylolytic. Degenerative…

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a bone disease that affects the bone mass making bone become weak and brittle. This disease does affects a large majority of the population. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation “a total of 54 million U.S adults age 50 and older are affected by osteoporosis.” There are many risk factors that are tied into this disease which will later be discussed. With knowledge of this topic maybe research will help prevent some of the risk that go with osteoporosis…

osteoporosis is a prominent health epidemic for postmenopausal women. During menopause, the decline of reproductive hormones such as estrogen decreases strict regulation on osteoclastic activity. Thus, an estrogen deficiency is associated with increased bone resorption caused by increased osteoclastic activity and cellular differentiation. While the gradual cessation during menopause contributes to an increased risk for osteoporosis, other influential factors include a sedentary lifestyle,…

why this is person dead. When skeletonized remains are discovered, the first step to determine whether the bones is human remains. If so, the sex, race, age, stature, of the skeleton in order to established the identification of the remains, determine manner and cause of death and, if homicide, forensics can identify the murderer. According to forensic medicine “Forensic anthropologists are "bone detectives" who help police solve complex cases involving unidentified human remains. The techniques…

Osteoporosis is a rare disease which causes bones to become weak and brittle its very popular with people over their 50’s it causes them to become hunched up.More than 50 percent of people over 50 have it.Any bone can break but the most popular to break are the wrist,hip and the spine,if you break one of these phones you can fracture yourself really bad. Osteoporosis has been around for more than 4000 years it been found on ancient mummies it was common with all the women that lived in that era…

Bone is a common site of metastases for many primarily malignant tumors, being the third location after liver and lung [5]. Bone metastases are a major clinical concern as they can deteriorate the bone structure causing pathological fractures, vertebral/spinal instability, severe pain, spinal cord compression, functional impairment and increased mortality. The vertebral column being the most frequent site of bone metastasis and one of the major organs in human body strongly correlated to neural…

x-ray absorptiometry, they found that in the trabecular sites such as the femoral metaphysis, tibial metaphysis, and the L5-6 vertebrae but not in the cortical sites. Using bone histomorphometry, microscopic changes were then looked at specifically in the tibial metaphysis. They found that there was a narrowing in new formed bones using a calcium chelating agent that fluoresces green. They also found that there was a marked loss of calcified tissue with marrow expansion in the tibial secondary…

Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica is closely interrelated to hyperparathyroidism and therefore, the bone disease’s epidemiology is similar to the latter. As of late, there have been far less reports of OFC than in the 1950s. It is primarily detected in Asian countries. A recent study in India shows that the occurrences of the disease are parallel to the reports of first world countries back when OFC was slowly becoming rare. The disease does not appear in one gender more often than the other, but there…

its own. When it doesn't, there are effective treatments Definition: lumbosacral region accompanied by contraction of the paraspinal muscles hence the expression muscles sprain or strain . Causes: • Compression fractures to the spine from osteoporosis • Cancer involving the spine • Fracture of the spinal cord • Muscle spasm (very tense muscles) • Ruptured or herniated disk • Sciatica • Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)…

Glenohumeral joint dislocations are injuries involved with damaged ligaments, fractures and neurovascular damage (Cunningham, 2012). The anterior dislocation, also known as the “subcoracoid dislocation” is when the humeral head (shoulder head) lies anterior and medial to the glenoid cavity (the fossa the humeral head articulates with). With this movement of the bone it causes pain, instability and restricts the joint. Static and dynamic forces prevent this joint from relocating (Cunningham,…